There will likely be at least 70 deals for retirement adviser firms before the end of the year, according to Wise Rhino Group.
Merchant Investment Management has purchased a stake in Brainvest Wealth Management for international exposure.
Wescott Financial Advisory Group will swell to $3.5 billion under management with the addition of Asset Planning Services, which specializes in working with execs from Merck & Co.
With rates well below historical norms, finding income remains a key challenge for advisors. Here’s why non-commissioned annuities may be the solution.
Hub is acquiring assets from Libertyville, Illinois-based Benefit Partners Group and Gold Sky Benefits.
Just three of the 14 companies surveyed — BlackRock Inc., Capital Group Inc. and J.P. Morgan & Co. — received top marks in the 20th percentile, according to the research.
Law firms representing the plaintiffs cite fiduciary failures in moving to in-house funds and high fees for record keeping and managed accounts.
Up until recently, major global firms had happily ignored independent advisers for decades.
Seattle-based Laird Norton Wealth Management is working with Calvert and Parametric to design to equity strategies that emphasize social issues.
Record highs for B-Ds in profits, revenues and assets give the industry much to be cheery about.
The tally is one more sign that there's increasingly little room in retail brokerage for small or midsize firms.
The acquisition marks the third deal for ComplySci in the fourth quarter, in the wake of a strategic investment from K1 Investment Management, a private-equity firm focused on enterprise software companies.
A duo from LPL and two Wells Fargo reps are affiliating with the firm’s independent unit.
Humanity Wealth Advisors sets up shop in California’s Bay Area.
It’s effectively a new market for the retirement plan industry, but it’s an incredibly big frontier.
A full 25% of Gen Z respondents in a new survey say they plan to retire before the age of 55.
Finra found that for 17 years, the firm failed to store 13 million customer records in the required format.
Except for a big investment in real estate, there wasn't that much divergence, a recent survey found.
While 'retirement plan adviser' has been a good description of those who serve ERISA retirement plans, it's actually quite limiting to focus on the plan, rather than the participant.
Medicare high-income surcharges combined with higher Medicare premiums will take a bigger chunk of retirement benefits in the new year.
